The Grand Duke's Son Is A Heretic

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The moment her words ended, the world itself responded as massive vines erupted from space, and they twisted and stretched outward rapidly while rushing toward the floating orbs in an attempt to seize them.

However, someone had already acted.

"Steampunk."

"Leave it to me."

BOOOOM!

A mechanical arm shot forward, and it extended through space instantly while expanding across millions of kilometers within a blink, and its movement tore through layers of reality as it reached the orbs before anyone else.

The arm closed around them and secured them firmly.

At the same time, the vines reached the same point, and they wrapped tightly around the mechanical arm as they tried to pull the orbs away with force.

For a brief moment, the two forces clashed as they struggled against each other while the surrounding space distorted under the tension.

Then something changed.

The vines began to burn.

"Fuck off, bitch.." Nina's voice roared across the battlefield, and her flames surged violently while spreading outward with overwhelming intensity.

The fire engulfed the vines completely, and they withered and burned under the heat while being forced back as they lost their grip.

The mechanical arm remained steady, and the orbs stayed firmly in its grasp.

Seeing this, the God of Darkness turned toward the Goddess of Light, and his expression had already grown serious as the situation worsened.

"Things have gone weary.. We should escape," he said, and although his voice remained low, there was urgency within it.

However, before he could even finish his sentence, the space around them changed suddenly.

A dark power spread outward and locked everything in place, and it froze the surroundings as if the world itself had been restrained and denied movement.

At the same time, another force followed, and it was subtle yet overwhelming as it spread quietly across the battlefield.

The power of concealment swept through everything, and it covered the entire area as if sealing it off from escape while distorting all possible paths.

"Wanting to escape, in your dreams.." Christina's voice sounded calmly, and her figure stepped forward while her presence became undeniable.

The path was closed, and there was no way out.

Kael did not hesitate as his allies sealed the battlefield, and the moment Christina's concealment locked the space while every escape route vanished, his gaze shifted toward the Goddess of Light and the God of Darkness, and his expression turned completely cold as if all emotion had been stripped away.

He moved without warning.

The distance between them collapsed instantly, and before either of them could fully react, Kael appeared right in front of them while the space around his blade distorted in a violent and unnatural way.

The God of Darkness reacted first, and shadows surged outward while layers of void tried to swallow Kael's position completely, but the moment those shadows touched him, they split apart as if they had never been whole.

Kael did not slow down.

He swung his sword with full power, and the strike cut through the entire void while splitting space across a vast stretch of existence.

The blade passed through the darkness without resistance, and it did not clash or struggle but instead cut through the authority itself while tearing apart the very connection that sustained the God of Darkness.

The God of Darkness staggered, and his body flickered violently as parts of him began to dismantle from within, and it was not an external destruction but a collapse of his own divinity as it was severed piece by piece.

"Impossible—" his voice broke midway, and it did not finish.

Kael's second strike came immediately, and it carved through him again while splitting apart his structure further, and this time the darkness did not return at all.

His body collapsed.

Not in an explosion, but layer by layer as if something fundamental had been removed.

Until nothing remained except faint fragments of fading authority that drifted away like ash.

At the same time, the Goddess of Light tried to move, and her radiance surged violently as she attempted to counterattack, but her control had already become unstable.

Kael turned toward her and stepped forward slowly.

Her eyes widened as fear finally surfaced.

"You can't do this."

"It's me who selected you."

"Without me, you would have died."

"Without me, you would have rotted."

"What are you without me? All of this happened because I chose you, so stop."

Her voice carried desperation as she tried to hold onto control.

Kael's expression darkened further, and there was no hesitation left in his eyes.

To everything she said, there were only two words he cared to reply with.

"Fuck you."

"Just die."

"No… wait—" her voice trembled as she raised her hand, and light gathered instinctively around her in a last attempt to resist.

But it was already too late.

Kael's blade descended.

The light around her split apart instantly, and her body was cut through as the strike passed cleanly, and the scream that followed tore across the battlefield.

"ARGHHHHHH!"

Her voice was filled with terror and horror as her form began to break apart, and the divine radiance that once made her untouchable scattered uncontrollably in every direction.

Kael did not stop.

He moved again, and then again.

Each strike dismantled her further while tearing apart her divinity, and every cut reduced her existence bit by bit while her screams grew weaker and more desperate.

But just as he was about to completely sever her avatar the Goddess of Light's expression twisted sharply, and with a final surge of will, she did something unexpected.

She cut off her own power.

A portion of her divinity was forcefully severed from herself, and before Kael's next strike could land completely, her remaining essence shifted violently.

Displacement.

Her presence flickered.

And then it vanished.

She died at that moment, but Kael had not been able to cut her power completely.

For a brief moment, Kael stood still.

Then his expression darkened even further.

Rage surfaced.

"You think you can run…" his voice dropped low, and it carried a sharp edge.

His blade moved again, and this time it did not aim at where she had escaped but instead cut through the residual connection she had left behind.

The severed fragments of her power still lingered.

And Kael attacked them mercilessly.

Each strike tore through those remaining traces of her existence, and the fragments she had abandoned were shredded completely as if he was venting all his fury upon them.

The God of Darkness, who had already been dismantled, did not even leave behind resistance.

Kael finished him completely.

No trace remained.

It was a brutal and absolute slaughter of gods, and the battlefield fell into a heavy silence as everyone present watched what had just happened.

The Goddess of Creation had already hidden herself within the void and escaped, and the Abyssal Lord, Peru, and the Crimson Witch had also disappeared during the chaos.

Kael had defeated them.

But it was not over.

Because killing a god was not the same as erasing them, and their existence still remained tied to the world while their divinity could make them return unless it was completely grounded down to dust.

Kael understood this clearly.

With his dimensional slash, he could decapitate their power and cripple them, but to truly end them, he would have to hunt them down and destroy every trace of their existence until nothing remained.

He stepped forward, ready to hunt but just as he did a disturbance spread across the battlefield.

BOOOOM!

A loud and resonating voice shook the space itself, and the entire universe trembled as something new descended upon the scene.